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- Massacre of the Little People by the Big People
Verne Dawson
Massacre of the Little People by the Big People
Estimate: 15.000 - 20.000 GBP
Price realised: 18.750 GBP
Price realised: 18.750 GBP
Description
signed, titled and dated 'Massacre of the Little People by the Big People VERNE DAWSON 2003' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
82 x 104in. (208 x 264.3cm.)
Painted in 2003
Victoria Miro, London. | Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2003.
oil on canvas
82 x 104in. (208 x 264.3cm.)
Painted in 2003
Victoria Miro, London. | Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2003.
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work Massacre of the Little People by the Big People by Verne Dawson was sold in the Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale auction at Christies in London in February 2020. It changed hands for a price of GBP 18,750.00 (€ 21,731.29) achieving a result in the upper range of the estimate price range of GBP 15,000.00 – 20,000.00. Other works by Verne Dawson have already achieved higher auction prices, for example, in November 2003 the work Manhattan was auctioned for USD 47,800.00 (€ 39,849.94).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit Massacre of the Little People by the Big People von Verne Dawson wurde im Februar 2020 in der Auktion Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale bei Christies in London versteigert. Dabei wechselte sie für einen Preis von GBP 18.750,00 (€ 21.731,29) den Besitzer und erzielte damit ein Ergebnis im oberen Bereich der Schätzpreisspanne von GBP 15.000,00 – 20.000,00. Andere Arbeiten von Verne Dawson konnten bereits höhere Auktionspreise erzielen, so wurde im November 2003 die Arbeit Manhattan für USD 47.800,00 (€ 39.849,94) versteigert.